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Books : Gomorrah: Italy's Other Mafia |
Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780230017764
Format: Import
ISBN: 0230017762
Label: Macmillan
Manufacturer: Macmillan
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date: January 18, 2008
Publisher: Macmillan
Studio: Macmillan
Sales Rank: 1388968
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I'm a hundred pages into this overrated book and loud alarms are going off, the same sort of alarms that went off when I read "A Million Little Pieces" and "Running With Scissors." I will finish the book because it is reasonably compelling and because I love Italy, but I just don't believe everything I'm taking in. The book also seems without focus and at times the prose is heavy handed. The irony is that "Gomorrah" isn't nearly as organized as the crime network it describes. From the reviews, I ... Read More
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In Gomorrah, Saviano wades through the gates of hell, revealing the extent of criminal enterprise in southern Naples, the long tentacles of the Camorra infecting every aspect of business from the port of Naples to the interior. Inland, cement cities house men and women who work long days in fashion sweatshops, where every aspect of life is controlled by the Camorra, from the lowliest waiter to the massive factories that produce counterfeit materials. Saviano begins this undercover journey ... Read More
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I'll admit that I learned of Roberto Saviano's Gomorrah not from a movie, or word of mouth on the quality of Saviano's writing but from the threats of death Saviano now has marked from the Cammora for writing the book. Thats an odd bit of advertisement for his work especially since Saviano's death threats are for breaking some code of silence. In threatening his death the Cammora gave Saviano his best publicity.
So how does the book rate outside of the award winning film or Saviano's sad fate? For ... Read More
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In going undercover, R. Saviano experienced at first hand the Mafia at work in the Naples region.
It is a story of savage infighting, bid-rigging, trafficking and relentless slaughtering of competition.
Economics
Mafia business is one of the most aggressive forms of neoliberalism. It is a naked struggle among clans in order to create monopolies and to maximize profits. Their activities cover as different sectors as real estate, construction, cement, garment, farming, sugar and trafficking ... Read More
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It's not about the story or the writing. It's what it says; and how. Reading this book you tend to imaging it's about some far away place, surely this must not be Italy. But it is. This was an eye opener to me. There's so many different aspects covered in this book, you'll be surprised at how much you didn't know or had never heard about. A phenomenal book that should be read by everyone.
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